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\caption {\label{tab:sample}The sample galaxies. } 
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 {\begin{tabular}{lrrrr} \hline \hline 
Object & $l$ & $b$ & Mass & Distance\\
     &deg& deg& $M_\odot$ & kpc  \\ \hline 
Draco     &  86.37 &  34.77 & $2.8 \times 10^7$& 80 \\ 
Ursa Minor& 104.98 &  44.86 & $1.3 \times 10^7$& 66 \\ 
Carina    & 260.09 & --22.28 & $1.3 \times 10^7$& 87 \\ 
Sextants  & 243.42 &  42.16 & $1.9 \times 10^7$& 80 \\ 
\hline 
\end{tabular} }
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Distances and masses are taken 
from \citet{Gilmore2007}.
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